Subject: Re: CD-R[W] recommendations
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/14/2000 18:04:25
<smb@research.att.com> (Steven M. Bellovin) writes:

> 
> Does NetBSD support USB-connected CD-RW drives?
> 

We have some support for devices which comply to the USB Mass Storage
spec, so in theory a USB CD-RW that followed that spec should work or
be close to working.

In practice, the only USB CD-RW's I've seen used a proprietary
ATAPI<->USB bridge chip, whose manufacturer (In-System Design,
in-system.com) was uninterested in releasing programming information
except under an NDA.

        - Nathan